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a kennedy

(29,460 posts)
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 03:47 PM Apr 2020

Watching Bob Newhart and Mary Tyler Moore in the afternoons........

Forget how really funny these show were, and the advertisements??? They’re aren’t any to speak of......not like now where the ads start every 10 minutes and last for about 5 minutes. On Newhart or MTM’s show, they have a one minute ad that lasts about 3 minutes half way through the show. Insane how advertisements have taken over.

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Watching Bob Newhart and Mary Tyler Moore in the afternoons........ (Original Post) a kennedy Apr 2020 OP
And it doesn't help you to change channels leftieNanner Apr 2020 #1
"A little song...a little dance... a little seltzer down your pants." CurtEastPoint Apr 2020 #4
Aunt YooHoo! leftieNanner Apr 2020 #5
I've been watching them too LoveMyCali Apr 2020 #2
Just discovered Decades TV too Freddie Apr 2020 #3
Yes, yes, and love his voice, Bill Curtis. a kennedy Apr 2020 #6
Saturday nights in the 70s had the funniest shows ever on TV. world wide wally Apr 2020 #7
My family owes Carol so much. CaptYossarian Apr 2020 #9
must see TV in college... dhill926 Apr 2020 #10
I remember watching TV with my grandparents BigmanPigman Apr 2020 #8

leftieNanner

(14,997 posts)
1. And it doesn't help you to change channels
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 03:50 PM
Apr 2020

Because they are ALL on the same commercial schedule!

I'll have to look up MTM and Bob Newhart. Always loved those shows. The MTM where Chuckles the Clown dies is beyond hysterical!

LoveMyCali

(2,015 posts)
2. I've been watching them too
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 04:00 PM
Apr 2020

Bob Newhart is on right now, and I've been watching Murder She Wrote and Hart to Hart late night. I think it's partially letting my mind go back to better times.

Plus there really aren't any better shows IMO than the Mary Tyler Moore show. I wanted to be Mary Richards when I grew up.

Freddie

(9,231 posts)
3. Just discovered Decades TV too
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 04:03 PM
Apr 2020

Love it, watching it now. Those shows were really funny. I also like the Decades show in the evening where it’s “this is what happened on April 27” in various years.

world wide wally

(21,718 posts)
7. Saturday nights in the 70s had the funniest shows ever on TV.
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 04:52 PM
Apr 2020

All in the family, Bob Newhart, Mary Tyler Moore, and Carol Burnett to top it all off.
Ahhh yes. The good old days

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
9. My family owes Carol so much.
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 06:29 PM
Apr 2020

My grandmother was dying from cancer. There was one hour a week when she laughed steady, but was in severe pain the rest of her days.

I'll never forget the gift Carol Burnett gave Grandma in her final year of life.

dhill926

(16,234 posts)
10. must see TV in college...
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 07:01 PM
Apr 2020

we'd get totally stoned, watch and laugh...and then go out and tear it up....ah, the sporadic memories...

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
8. I remember watching TV with my grandparents
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 06:17 PM
Apr 2020

in the 70s and we counted how many commercials they had in a row since it seemed like so many...4! Now there are twice as much.

I had a VCR that would automatically fast forward through the commercials. When it died I couldn't get another one like it since they stopped making that variety, the salesman told me the advertisers pushed for that feature to be removed on all recording products.

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